Epoxy adhesives manufacturing · Illinois

Emecole Metro

Romeoville, IL · ~19 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Emecole Metro runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Epoxy adhesives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Emecole Metro: 5.7 TCR = 173% of Epoxy adhesives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Emecole Metro safety composite

Emecole Metro scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Emecole Metro held a steady TCR band

Emecole Metro's TCR held near 0.3 from 5.6 in 2021 to 5.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.6 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Romeoville, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 173% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #19/22
  • PHOTO Henkel Oak Creek
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Henkel Oak Creek (0.0 TCR gap)

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Emecole Metro in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Emecole Metro averages 5.7 TCR (173% of the Epoxy adhesives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Emecole Metro TCR series: 2021=5.6 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Emecole Metro falls in its industry

287 Epoxy adhesives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 22 Epoxy adhesives manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Emecole Metro (19 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Emecole Metro
Emecole Metro (19 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Emecole Metro has fewer employees than the Epoxy adhesives manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2021 5.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · IL · Romeoville

287 Epoxy adhesives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 172 employers in Romeoville, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Henkel Oak Creek 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Stone Products, Inc. 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rubex Inc 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gingerich Farms Partnerships 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tolono Research 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE PharmaCann Hillcrest 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Morgan Acres, LLC. 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC Romeoville 1,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 444 755 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magid Glove and Safety Manufacturing Company LLC 751 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DCH6 745 FTE
NAT-TCR Newport News Va 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Phillips Plumbing and Mechanical 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hajoca 554 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Neenah Northeast, LLC 5.7 TCR

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.